100th Panzer Battalion

The 100th Panzer Battalion was a German Wehrmacht panzer battalion that was active during World War II. The battalion was raised in April 1941, and its goal was to train soldiers to operate captured French Army tanks. On 22 December 1941, it was converted from a "replacement battalion" to a normal battalion. It had four companies at its height from 1941 to 1943, and it had just three companies at the time of D-Day in June 1944. It was attached to the German 91st Infantry Division during Operation Overlord, and, after the second week of the battle for Normandy, the battalion, along with the division, had been destroyed as a fighting force.